The wider news archive.
Summer meetings, #Whitworth150 interviews, obituaries and historical reports drawn from the legacy Whitworth Society site.
Celebrating 40 Years of the New Whitworth Awards Scheme — Part 1
Past President Kevin Urquhart WhSch (1997) reflects on 30 years since becoming an Award Holder, and how the Whitworth Awards Scheme continues to expand and improve.
Whitworth Society Summer Meeting 2024
The Society gathered in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18th and 19th July 2024.
Post Nominals Guidance for Whitworth Scholars
Guidance on the correct use of the "WhSch" and "WhSSch" post-nominal letters by elected Whitworth Scholars.
Updated Whitworth Scholarship Presentation
An updated presentation introducing the Whitworth Scholarship, for use with prospective applicants and sponsors.
Whitworth Society Commemoration Dinner, 8th March 2024
70 Whitworth Scholars assembled at the House of Lords.
Whitworth Award Holders Lunch — 9th February 2024
The Annual Whitworth Award Holders Lunch was held in Holland House.
2023 Newsletter
The Whitworth Society's 2023 newsletter round-up.
Discovery Museum Archive Visit — 11th May 2023
The Whitworth Society Vice President led a visit to the Discovery Museum archives in May 2023.
Summer Meeting 2023 — Loughborough
Hosted by Chris Sidney, 6th and 7th July.
Whitworth Webinar — Karl Dearn: Born Slippy
Karl Dearn WhSch presents a tribological discourse for the Society's 2020/21 webinar series.
Whitworth Webinar — 3D Metrology in Modern Engineering and Manufacturing (Q1 2020)
A Whitworth Society webinar on 3D metrology in modern engineering and manufacturing.
Whitworth Webinar — Learn, Unlearn, Relearn (Q4 2019)
The Whitworth Society's Q4 2019 webinar, part of an ongoing series for members.
2019 Committee Elections
Notice on the 2019 online committee elections for Scholars.
Interviews to mark 150 years of Whitworth Scholarships
Commissioned interviews with eminent Scholars.
March 2018 — Scholars commemorate the beginning
On 16th March 2018, 60 Whitworth Scholars met in the Library of the IMechE.
Monika Sud — 150 year interview
"It has really lifted my career."
Gill Cooke — 150 year interview
"It helps you stand out."
Ben Hughes — 150 year interview
"There is a network of people who have been on the same journey."
Rachael Hoyle — 150 year interview
"Practicalities plus theory gives a different perspective."
Howard Stone — 150 year interview
"You are only limited by your own imagination."
Pav Bhogal — 150 year interview
"Never say no."
Michael Wood & Rikki Jones — 150 year interviews
Two generations of Whitworth Scholars reflect.
Engineering hero and Victorian visionary Sir Joseph Whitworth — PE article
The February 2018 edition of Professional Engineer features an interview with then president Howard Stone.
Summer Meeting 2016 — Factory 2050
By kind invitation of President Dr Ben Hughes.
Committee nominations
A call for committee nominations from Society members.
Summer Meeting 2014 — Aston Martin Cars
By kind invitation of President Karl Dearn.
Summer Meeting 2013 — Manufacturing Technology Centre
Solihull, 11th–12th July.
Summer Meeting 2012 — Blackpool
Blackpool area, 5th–6th July.
87th Annual Commemoration Meeting
Notice and report for the Society's 87th Annual Commemoration Meeting.
Summer Meeting 2011 — Worcester area
Worcester area, 7th–8th July.
Post Engineering Apprenticeships (Professional Engineering magazine)
Coverage of engineering apprenticeships from Professional Engineering magazine, of interest to the Whitworth community.
86th Annual Commemoration Meeting
Notice and report for the Society's 86th Annual Commemoration Meeting.
Summer Meeting 2010 — London
London, 8th–9th July.
Obituary: Professor Sir Hugh Ford
Professor Sir Hugh Ford died on 28th May.
85th Annual Commemoration Meeting
Notice and report for the Society's 85th Annual Commemoration Meeting.
Summer Meeting: 2nd & 3rd July 2009
A full report from the 2009 Summer Meeting.
84th Annual Commemoration Meeting
Notice and report for the Society's 84th Annual Commemoration Meeting.
Summer Meeting 2008 — West Cumbria
West Cumbria, 10th–11th July.
83rd Annual Commemoration Meeting
Notice and report for the Society's 83rd Annual Commemoration Meeting.
Summer Meeting 2007 — Burton-on-Trent
The 2007 Summer Meeting took in Perrigo UK, Coors Brewery and the JCB factory at Rocester — reported here by first-year Award Holder David Docherty.
Newsletter Production
A call for contributions and volunteers to help produce the Society's newsletter.
Find fellow Scholars
How Whitworth Scholars can find and reconnect with fellow award holders through the Society.
82nd Annual Commemoration Meeting — Spring Dinner 2007
Notice for the 82nd Annual Commemoration Meeting, held at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage Walk, Westminster.
Welcome to the Whitworth Society
An introduction to the Whitworth Society, the community of engineers who hold the Whitworth Scholarship.
Sir Joseph Whitworth
Sir Joseph Whitworth ranks among the great Victorian mechanical engineers — remembered for the Whitworth screw thread, his promotion of true plane surfaces, and the scholarship that bears his name.